Re: [DML] Transmission Question

[delorean12@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Great!!  Thanks Martin (and everyone else) for the great info. on DeLorean trans.

JAS

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Sorry, I read the original post to be asking just about the auto box. 
> Okay, the 369 manual transmission as found in the DeLorean was used in 
> the Renault 30 originally. Not many cars got the 369. The UN1 which is 
> almost identical apart from the shift mechanism found its way into: 
> 
> DeLorean 
> Alpine GTA and derivatives 
> Venturi Atlantique and 400GT series' 
> Lotus Esprit 
> And a list of Renaults as long as your arm. 
> 
> The R30 has a 3.8:1 final drive, the DeLorean a 3.4:1. The 3.4:1 is 
> common to the Renault alpines and I've recently confirmed that the 
> DeLorean has exactly the same ratios as the normally aspirated Alpine 
> GTA. The GTA turbo and A610 have a taller 4th and 5th and bizarrely, 




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